Saturday, June 13, 2009

Supplies1 tube of choice - I’m using the artwork of Amy Matthews which you can purchase hereFont of Choice - Ma Sexy here20-20 Mask here“Happy Birthday” is a tagger size scrap kit created by Julie of Bits and Bobs and can be purchased here. You can visit her blog here.Thank you Julie for such a fabulous kit that screams party!!

Repeat the entire step above accept no need to invert again.NOW you can deselect.

Now we’re going to write Happy Birthday all the way around the circle.Choose black for your foreground color in your color pallet. Stroke Width set at 2. Close out the background.Using your Ellipse Tool, make a circle bigger than the circle on your canvas.Don’t worry if it’s much too big…you can always resize and make it smallerJObjects/Align/Center in Canvas.Close out your foreground. Open up your background and change to color #766fcf. Set your font to one of your liking.Click on your text tool and move your cursor over the top part of the circle you just drew. When you see a Rocking A, click the mouse. A text box will appear.Type Happy Birthday.Highlight it, copy.Ctl +V as many times as it takes until you see the words written all the way around the circle.

In your layers pallet, click on the + sign next to Happy Birthday.Click on the eye on the New Ellipse layer.Right click on the Vector Layer.Convert to Raster layer.

Supplies1 tube of choice - I’m using the artwork of Elias Chatzoudis which you can purchase hereFont of Choice - I’m using Chachie hereEssence of Creativity Template 38 hereWSL Mask 119 here“A Day at the Park” tagger size scrap kit created by Monica of Monica’s Sweet Addiction and can be found here. You can visit her blog here.Thank you so much Monica for such a fun kit! Your little tribe was definitely an inspiration for you♥.

This tutorial was written assuming you have working knowledge of PSP.

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Open up the template. Shift + D.Close out the original.Delete the credit layer.New Raster Layer. Send to bottomImage/Canvas Size700 X 700Flood fill white.

Highlight the Circle Layer.Select All/Float/DefloatNew Rater layer.Copy a paper of choice and paste Into Selection.Deselect.Delete the template layer.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Supplies1 tube of choice - I’m using the artwork of PinUpToons which you can purchase hereFont of Choice - I’m using j.d. hereWSL Mask 84 hereEssence of Creativity Template 18 here“Take Me Away” is a taggers size scrap kit created by Kesha of KnC Scrapz and can be purchased here. You can visit her blog here.Thank you Kesha for an incredibly adorable kit!

This tutorial was written assuming you have working knowledge of PSP.

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Open up the template. Shift +D. Close out the original.Delete the copyright layer.Click on the background layer.Image/Canvas size700 X 700 pixels.OKFlood Fill white.

Highlight Dotted Line layer.Select All/Float/DefloatCopy and paste a paper of choice as a new layer.Selections/InvertHit the delete key.Deselect.Delete the template layer.

Repeat the above step for all the layers.

Copy and paste Frame 1 as a new layer.Resize 60%Move into position over the large circle.

Copy and paste Frame 2 as a new layer.Resize 30%.Move into position over the smaller circle.

To each of the frames:Adjust/Add Remove Noise/Add NoiseUniform and Monochrome checkedNoise: 15%OK

Copy and paste the Bath tub as a new layer.Resize 35%Colorize if you like.

Copy and paste your tube and move into position.Copy and paste Mirror 2 as a new layer.Resize 25% and 85%Move into position.Use your Free Hand Selection Tool and outline the mirror just inside the frame.Copy and paste your tube again positioning it over the mirror.Selections/Modify/FeatherNumber of Pixels: 15Selections/InvertTap the delete key until you have the feathered look you want.Deselect.

Now we’re going to type the words Rub a dub dub.In your color pallet make your foreground black. Close out your backbround.Using your Elipse tool make a huge circle on your canvas.Objects/Align/Center in CanvasYou can always click on your Pick Tool and make the circle wider if you need to so that the words won't be on such a sharp curve.Change the colors in your color pallet to colors that will match your tag/tube. Stroke set at 2.Move your cursor over the circle until you see a Rocking A.Click our mouse. A text box will appear.Type the words Rub a dub dub (or whatever you like)Click on the + next to Vector Circle.Close out the New Ellipse layer.Right click on the Vector 1 layer.Convert to Raster layer.Duplicate.On the duplicate layer:Adjust/Blur/Gaussian blurRadius 3.00OK

On the original name layer apply the same Noise as you used on the frames.

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My name is Bev. I enjoy creating signature tags and writing tutorials for designers, making kits, templates, masks, and the occasional layout. I also enjoy writing and have published my first novel "Written in the Stars".